Loose-leaf dispenser.



M. M. GOHN.

LOOSE LEAF DISPENSER.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 18, 1914.

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M. M. UOHN.

LOOSE LEAF DISPENSER.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 18, 1914- mzmrm Patented Feb. 23, 1915.

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MAX'M. Conn, or PIEDMONT, CALIFORNIA.

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Specification of Letters iatent I PatentgplFgb, 231, 19115,,

Application filed August lfl, 1914. Serial No. 857,316.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, MAX M.*GOHN, a Cltl: zen of the United States, residing at Piedmont, in the county ofAlameda and 'State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Loose-Leaf Dispensers,

of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to means for dispensing articles, such as paper towels, and

pertains especially to a carton for such' ar-- ticles.

The object of the present invention isto provide a simple, practical paper cartonin which a definite quantity of towels may be packed and shipped ready for'use; the carton forming a containerfor the towels and applicable as a hold and dispenser without the need of any separate fixture or container.

The invention consists of the parts and the construction and combination of parts as hereinafter more fully described and claimed, having reference to the accompanying drawing, in whichv Figure 1 is a view of the blank. Fig. 2 is a perspective View of the front of the v carton. Fig. 3 is a perspectiveviewof the rear of the carton. Fig. i -is a vertical central section of a modified form of the carton omitting the flap 7 of Fig. 2.

In making up the carton T may take, in.;-' practice, a sheet of cardboard or a stiflish paper and cut a blank to conform substantially to the showing in Fig. 1, in which A represents the portion of the blank which is eventually to be the front of a finished carton; 2 the back; and 3-4 the connecting side panels. The sheet is suitably scored to provide for the bending ofthe panels and.

for the uniting of the ends of the sheet along the edge 5. The front portion of the panel, near its lower. edge, is transversely slitted to provide a withdrawal slot 6 through which the towels are eventually to be extracted one by one from the interior of the carton. The portion 7 of thesheet which is struck outfrom the front in formingthe slot 6 may, but, not necessarily, be left attached to the stock so as to be'folded down along the line 8, later to be attached tothe panel a below slot 6, to give a smooth-rounded edge over which the frail paper articles may be withdrawn without tearing.

The ends of the slots 6 are preferablyrounded, as indicated at 9, so there are no sharp or rough edges-for the towels to catch edges 12 of the to on and tear. Under some circumstances in striking out the slot 6 it isdesirable to leave a tang portion vl0 as part 'of the foldable flap '7 for the purpose later to be indicated. The upper horizontal edge of the front panel A is preferably cut soas to leave a central tongue 11 with two side depressions or con cavities 12, the purpose of which will be shortly, described. The back portion 2 has a top tongue portion 13 and a bottom, centrally positioned tongue portion 1%; the tongue portion 14 being scored transversely on the line. 15 toprovide a flap 16; a portion of tongue 14', immediately above the pressing the lug 17 against the back of the said panel a, and then stitching the parts 16, 10, a and 17, holding them in united,

position'by suitable means, as the staple 19. The carton is then filled from thetop with the folded paper sheets indicated generally at 20; these sheets being so folded in a,

manner well known in the art so that the advance sheet willshave an end projecting out through the slot 6. The withdrawing of one sheet automatically extends for withdrawalthe leading end of the next sheet. The carton having been filled, it is then closed by bending the top tongue 11 backward over the stack of sheets and stitching it to the back tongue 13. By concaving the panel the tongue 11 is left sufficiently exible and of suitable length that it bridges over the top of the stack'and allows for its uniting with the back of the carton .without pinching or binding the stack of contained towels. Similarly the longbottom back tongue 14:, with the side concavities 18, allows the back to be united .to the front :without binding or pinching the stack of contained towels and at the same time forms a if-shaped support or trough in which the bottom-most and forward-most towels lightly r st. As depictedin Fig. 4 of theglrawings, the

flap 7 may be entirely omit d if desired. lit is manifest that various changes in the present construction may be made without ed to be connected to the front panel on opposite side faces of the panel and beiow the slot when the sheet is' folded into the tube form.

2. A carton blank, comprising a sheet scored to form front, back and connecting side panels, the front panel having a transverse withdrawal slot with a tongue formed on the top of the front panel for inclined disposition and connection to the back'panel when the sheet is folded into tube form, and the back panel having a bottom depending tongue adapted for connection to the front panel below the slot when it is folded into tubular form.

3. A carton blank comprising a sheet scored to form front, back and connecting side panels, the front panel having a transverse withdrawal slot, the top of the front and the top of the back having tongues which are adapted to be stitched together,

and the bottom edges of the front and back also having central portions adapted to be stitched together to form the bottom of the fifiished container without contracting the connecting side panels, the tongue of the front and the central portion of the back being inclined.

4. A carton for paper towels consisting of a holder having a transverse Withdrawal slot above its bottom, the front wall of the holder having a central tongue at its upper and a central tongue at its lower end, the upper tongue being bent to extend across the upper end of the holder and being secured to the back wall of the holder to close the top of the latter and the lower tongue being inclined downwardly and secured to the front wall to form a bottom for the holder.

A paper towel carton consisting of a holder having an inclined top closure and an inclined bottom each formed by bending one of the side walls of the holder toward and securing the bent part to the opposite-side Wall.

6. A paper towel carton consisting of a holder having a withdrawal slot the material displaced bv the slot being formed to have a tang and being bent downwardly and over the front wall of the holder, the back wall of the holder having a central tongue which forms a bottom for the holder and which is bent upwardly to extend over the tang and is secured therewith to the front wall.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

MAX M. COHN. Witnesses:

S. SONNENBERG, GEO. S. LONG. 

